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Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Alex English

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Alex English played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

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They faced each other a total of 23 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 16-7 winning record over Alex English. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

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NBA Timeline:	1946-47 2023-24
Larry Bird: 1979-80 to 1991-92
Alex English: 1976-77 to 1990-91

23 Games played

23 in Regular Season

0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Larry Bird	16	16	0
Alex English	7	7	0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals
Larry Bird	23.6	11.6	6.1	1.6
Alex English	22.4	5.4	3.8	1.0

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals
Larry Bird	40	21	12	6
Alex English	38	12	11	3

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals
Larry Bird	14 games	21 games	16 games	12 games
Alex English	9 games	2 games	6 games	4 games
Both had same stat	0 games	0 games	1 game	7 games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1979-80 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Oct. 20, 1979
1.	Celtics	128		Larry Bird	20	2	4	4	0	3	6	22	8-12	.667	0-1	.000	4-4	1.000
OT	Pacers	131		Alex English	14	6	6	2	0	4	4	44	6-13	.462	0-0	-	2-3	.667
	Nov. 23, 1979
2.	Celtics	118		Larry Bird	30	11	3	2	1	7	3	37	14-29	.483	0-1	.000	2-2	1.000
	Pacers	103		Alex English	16	7	2	1	1		1	26	8-14	.571	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Dec. 01, 1979
3.	Celtics	106		Larry Bird	15	13	2	2	0		3	46	6-16	.375	0-0	-	3-4	.750
OT	Pacers	102		Alex English	8	12	3	1			3	26	4-10	.400	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Feb. 23, 1980
4.	Celtics	124		Larry Bird	15	11	8	1	0	3	4	27	6-17	.353	2-4	.500	1-2	.500
	Nuggets	105		Alex English	21	7	4	1	2	6	4	38	7-19	.368	0-0	-	7-9	.778


1980-81 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 23, 1980
5.	Celtics	136		Larry Bird	27	9	4	2	0	7	4	40	13-19	.684	0-0	-	1-2	.500
	Nuggets	128		Alex English	29	7	3	1	0	5	4	38	10-25	.400	0-1	.000	9-9	1.000
	Feb. 15, 1981
6.	Celtics	120		Larry Bird	28	14	8	2	4		3	44	13-25	.520	0-2	.000	2-2	1.000
	Nuggets	118		Alex English	23	10	3	0	2		4	36	11-28	.393	0-0	-	1-1	1.000


1981-82 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 29, 1981
7.	Celtics	123		Larry Bird	27	21	6	1	1	6	1	37	12-21	.571	1-2	.500	2-4	.500
	Nuggets	128		Alex English	32	7	1	1	1	4	4	40	13-21	.619	0-0	-	6-6	1.000
	Feb. 05, 1982
8.	Celtics	145		Larry Bird	34	10	7	1	3	6	2	40	15-29	.517	1-1	1.000	3-3	1.000
	Nuggets	144		Alex English	32	5	3	1	0	2	3	33	13-21	.619	0-0	-	6-6	1.000


1982-83 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 12, 1982
9.	Celtics	126		Larry Bird	36	19	3	6	3	3	2	43	15-33	.455	0-0	-	6-7	.857
	Nuggets	112		Alex English	16	7	10	3	3	3	3	38	7-20	.350	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Dec. 30, 1982
10.	Celtics	145		Larry Bird	14	11	5	3	2	5	4	30	4-14	.286	0-1	.000	6-6	1.000
	Nuggets	132		Alex English	25	7	6	1	1	4	4	32	10-26	.385	0-1	.000	5-5	1.000


1983-84 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 15, 1983
11.	Celtics	140		Larry Bird	28	11	10	1	1	2	4	40	12-20	.600	0-0	-	4-4	1.000
	Nuggets	124		Alex English	19	4	6	1	0	2	4	28	8-20	.400	0-0	-	3-3	1.000
	Dec. 09, 1983
12.	Celtics	119		Larry Bird	17	4	3	1	2	1	1	11	8-10	.800	0-0	-	1-1	1.000
	Nuggets	90		Alex English	12	2	3	0	0	0	2	26	6-15	.400	0-0	-	0-0	-


1984-85 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 05, 1984
13.	Celtics	123		Larry Bird	18	12	6	2	1	4	2	36	9-20	.450	0-1	.000	0-0	-
	Nuggets	107		Alex English	14	8	4	1	2	4	2	36	6-16	.375	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Feb. 20, 1985
14.	Celtics	129		Larry Bird	40	9	6	0	0	6	4	46	14-28	.500	0-2	.000	12-13	.923
	Nuggets	132		Alex English	38	7	5	1	1	3	5	39	16-26	.615	0-0	-	6-6	1.000


1985-86 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 15, 1986
15.	Celtics	123		Larry Bird	24	14	9	2	0	1	3	36	11-16	.688	1-3	.333	1-1	1.000
	Nuggets	100		Alex English	22	4	7	1	0	2	3	32	10-20	.500	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Feb. 20, 1986
16.	Celtics	100		Larry Bird	27	16	4	2	4	5	2	42	12-18	.667	1-2	.500	2-3	.667
	Nuggets	102		Alex English	31	3	1	2	2	3	5	36	10-24	.417	0-0	-	11-14	.786


1986-87 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Feb. 10, 1987
17.	Celtics	119		Larry Bird	18	13	9	0	0	2	3	39	8-15	.533	0-1	.000	2-3	.667
	Nuggets	105		Alex English	31	1	0	0	0	0	3	34	12-27	.444	0-0	-	7-8	.875


1987-88 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 09, 1987
18.	Celtics	119		Larry Bird	40	13	1	2	1	3	2	40	16-25	.640	0-5	.000	8-8	1.000
	Nuggets	124		Alex English	27	6	4	1	1	4	4	35	12-26	.462	0-0	-	3-6	.500
	Feb. 17, 1988
19.	Celtics	125		Larry Bird	13	10	4	0	0	5	5	31	4-15	.267	1-1	1.000	4-5	.800
	Nuggets	138		Alex English	37	4	11	0	0	0	4	46	13-20	.650	0-0	-	11-11	1.000


1989-90 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 08, 1989
20.	Celtics	102		Larry Bird	24	12	12	2	1	7	4	43	9-23	.391	1-4	.250	5-5	1.000
	Nuggets	103		Alex English	20	3	3	1	0	2	2	33	9-21	.429	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Feb. 25, 1990
21.	Celtics	115		Larry Bird	25	17	4	1	1	3	2	42	9-17	.529	1-2	.500	6-8	.750
	Nuggets	107		Alex English	26	0	2	2	0	1	4	27	12-23	.522	0-0	-	2-2	1.000


1990-91 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 07, 1990
22.	Celtics	112		Larry Bird	6	8	11	0	0	2	2	37	2-11	.182	0-3	.000	2-4	.500
	Mavericks	104		Alex English	8	1	0	1	0	1	3	24	4-7	.571	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Jan. 06, 1991
23.	Celtics	127		Larry Bird	17	6	11	0	1	1	2	38	7-17	.412	1-6	.167	2-2	1.000
	Mavericks	110		Alex English	14	7	1	1	1	3	2	31	6-16	.375	0-0	-	2-2	1.000

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